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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2011 - Amending Section 41-624 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Allow for the Modification of Installation Standards for Dish Antennas155 REL :adg-4 8/26/86 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 3311 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ,AMENDING SECTION 41-624 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE MODIFICATION OF INSTALLATION STANDARDS FOR DISH ANTENNAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 41-624 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-624. Installation of dish antennas. (a) No dish antenna may be installed unless a land use certificate has been issued for such dish antenna pursuant to Article V of this chapter. A land use certificate shall be issued for a dish antenna if and only if the installation of the dish antenna will conform with the standards set forth in this section, subject to modification as provided in subsection (e) hereinbelow. (b) The standards for installation of dish antennas on property located in a residential zone or used for residential purposes are as follows: (1) The dish antenna shall not be located on any yard or building area which is viewable from any street (including freeways but excluding alleys). (2~ The dish antenna shall be screened from view from surrounding property by fencing or landscaping. (3) The area occupied by a dish antenna shall not be considered as open space, and no dish antenna shall be installed which would cause the property to becoming nonconforming to any open space requirement of this chapter. (c) On property which is neither located in a residential zone nor used for residential purposes, a dish antenna must be screened from view from any street (including freeways but ex- cluding alleys) within one thousand (1,000) feet of the antenna and from any property which is zoned or used for residential purposes. 156 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2011 PAGE TWO (d) Screening pursuant to this section shall be done through landscaping whenever practical. Screening other than landscaping shall be architecturally integrated with the building(s) on the property. (e) With regard to dish antennas designed for satellite signal reception, the standards set forth hereinabove shall be modified upon a showing by the applicant that their strict application would operate to impose unreasonable limitations on, or prevent, reception of satellite delivered signals or to impose costs on the applicant that are excessive in light of the purchase and installation cost of the antenna. Any such modification shall preserve such screening of the antenna as is compatible with usable satellite signal reception at reason- able cost. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court~ or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon- stitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal 157 ORDINANCE NO. NS- ~11 PAGE THREE provision applicable to any cash deposit in lieu thereof, re- quired to be posted, filed or deposit pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 3rd day of Jtl]y , 198,9. Da~%'iel~ H. Youn~ ~,~. ~_~.~ Mayor ~ f~a~ice C. Guy / ~ Clerk of the Counci¢l COUNCILMEMBERS: Griset Aye Acosta ~ Pul i do May Aye Norton Aye McGuigan A,?e Young Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~dwak~ J~ Co~per City A t t o[~3'